Royal Lodge (Country house)
, Symonds Yat (UK) deals

Country house
Royal Lodge

4 starsThis is a Preferred Partner property. It is committed to providing guests with a positive experience thanks to its commendable service and good value. This property may pay Booking.com a bit more to be in this Programme.

“The location was perfect and room had a fabulous view. The breakfast was great too.”

Rebecca
United Kingdom

Located by the river Wye, the hotel is nestled just below Symonds Yat Rock and stands exclusively in grounds of almost 5 acres. There is free WiFi available at the hotel.

All rooms have a seating area and guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant, with packed lunches available on request.

There is a terraced garden of magnolia trees and a well established wisteria. The Royal was originally built in 1876 as a royal hunting lodge, and was converted to a hotel in the 1920s.

The area is popular for golfing and cycling. Guests can enjoy various activities in the surroundings, including fishing and canoeing. Cheltenham is 24.9 miles from Royal Lodge. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport, 31.7 miles from the property.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.4 for a two-person trip.

Don't miss this:
Royal Lodge was booked once on our site in the last 12 hours.

An inside look at Royal Lodge

River Side Location and Stunning Scenery
Stay with us at The Royal Lodge and absorb the tranquil location, on the bank of the River Wye in the picturesque Symonds Yat valley.
A retreat where all are welcome, including couples, families and those keen to explore the outdoors. The Royal Lodge at Symonds Yat East has an idyllic setting in the heart of the Wye Valley in an area of outstanding natural beauty where the River Wye cuts a swathe through a wooded gorge on the edge of the spectacular Royal Forest of Dean

House rules
Royal Lodge takes special requests - add in the next step!

Check-in

15:00 - 21:00

Check-out

08:00 - 10:00

Cancellation/
prepayment

Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to room type.
Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required room.

Children and extra beds

All children are welcome.

There is no capacity for extra beds in the room.

Pets

Pets are not allowed.

Cards accepted at this property

Royal Lodge accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

Royal Lodge accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

100% verified reviews ·
Real guests. Real stays. Real opinions.

Booking.com guest review guidelines

To keep the rating score and review content relevant for your upcoming trip, we archive reviews older than 24 months.

Only a customer who has booked through Booking.com and stayed at the property in question can write a review. This lets us know that our reviews come from real guests, like you. Who better to tell others about the free breakfast, friendly staff, or quiet room than someone who’s stayed at the property before?

We want you to share your story, both the good and the bad. All we ask is that you follow a few simple guidelines.

Reviews vision

We believe review contributions and property responses will highlight a wide range of opinion and experiences, which are critical in helping guests make well-informed decisions about where to stay.

Reviews principles

Contributions to Booking.com are a reflection of the dedication of our guests and properties, and are treated with the utmost respect.

Whether negative or positive, we'll post every comment in full, as quickly as possible, after being moderated to comply with Booking.com guidelines. We'll also provide transparency over the status of submitted content.

Once a review has been submitted, you can modify it by contacting Booking.com customer service.

We will use the same guidelines and standards for all user-generated content as well as the property replies to that content.

We will allow the contributions to speak for themselves, and we won’t be the judge of reality. Booking.com’s role is that of a distributor of feedback from both guest and property.

Guidelines and standards for Reviews

These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly without limiting expression of strong opinions. They are also applicable regardless of the sentiment of the comment.

Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams.

Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include 'hate speech', discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, and the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted.

All content should be genuine and unique to the guest. Reviews are most valuable when they are original and unbiased. Your contribution should be yours. Booking.com property partners should not post on behalf of guests or offer incentives in exchange for reviews. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.

Respect the privacy of others. Booking.com will make an effort to obscure email addresses, telephone numbers, website addresses, social media accounts, and similar details.

The opinions expressed in contributions are those of Booking.com customers and properties and not of Booking.com. Booking.com does not accept responsibility or liability for any reviews or responses. Booking.com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.

By default, reviews are sorted based on the date of the review and on additional criteria to display the most relevant reviews, including but not limited to: your language, reviews with text, and non-anonymous reviews. Additional sorting options may be available (by type of traveller, by score, etc...).

Bathroom very small. But may of just been the room we had as it was very big.

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 14 November 2018

Arron

United Kingdom

7.5

Good

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Economy Double Room

• Stayed 1 night

• Submitted via mobile

No bath in room compared to the last room we stayed in

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 13 November 2018

David

United Kingdom

10

“I've been to Simmons Yate many times for it's tranquillity,Beauty and friendliness and will continu”

• Leisure trip

• Group of friends

• Standard Double Room

• Stayed 1 night

• Submitted via mobile

We throughly enjoyed our stay even though it was only for one night n would recommend The Royal Lodge for its hospitality from the reception to the staff and found the cleanliness was excellent

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 12 November 2018

Anonymous

United Kingdom

6.3

“Ok, staff nice, room clean and comfortable, great location”

• Leisure trip

• Solo traveller

• Standard Double Room

• Stayed 1 night

TV in my room did'nt work, but they offered to change my room
Also the shower was poor (red hot and just trickled)
breakfast took 20 minutes to arrive and I had to ask for extra as the sausage was cold and only had half a rasher of bacon, Otherwise Ok, staff nice, room clean and comfortable

great location

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 12 November 2018

Peter

United Kingdom

10

Exceptional

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Economy Double Room

• Stayed 1 night

• Submitted via mobile

Nothing

Location, staff and food was fantastic

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 12 November 2018

Chris

United Kingdom

6.7

“Nice and clean ”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Standard Double Room

• Stayed 1 night

• Submitted via mobile

The mattress was very thin could feel the springs me and wife woke up in pain

Nice location

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 11 November 2018

Susan

United Kingdom

7.1

“An enjoyable stay in a lovely room with good food and friendly staff at a very good price.”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Classic Double Room

• Stayed 1 night

There was no background music in the restaurant. When offered a seat I faced open doors through to the lounge where the TV was blaring out the rugby. I asked to be moved to another table. The chairs at the table offered little support to your bottom and you sank to too lower a level to the table. It was disappointing to see paper napkins rather than cloth napkins considering it was a 4 star hotel. Likewise, on ordering wine from the wine list,, a tasting of the wine, which was expensive, was not offered by the waiter which in my experience would be expected (unless it was house wine). The bar was small without ambience or atmosphere and very limited spaces to sit (only 10 seats). I cannot understand why there is a charge for parking (at any time) if the hotel owns the parking space? If the cost is important then perhaps it should be taken into account the room rate offered?

Restaurant: the waiter offered still or sparkling water which was good. I had calamari which was excellent, my husband had the pigeon which was good. For mains I had the fish and chips, the fish was excellent but the chips were poor! They were not hand cut chips and were very disappointing which is a shame because the fish was good. My husband had lamb shank which he described as very good and very filling, he wasn't keen on the parsnip chips but the herb mash was great. Checked in for breakfast at 8.45 but had to wait 30 minutes for it to be served which was tight considering it was necessary to check out at 10.00am. The breakfast was good overall but the sausage was small and overdone and one rasher of bacon was mean. There was no complimentary water in the room but the room (number 16) was lovely with an excellent view of the river. The room was very spacious and we liked it. Plenty of hot water for a bath and the rest of the room services were nice. I was very pleased with the room rate but customers would, I am sure prefer to have a rate that included parking. The location was excellent and we would recommend the hotel to our family and friends. Helen (front of house) was very friendly and her escort to our room personally to the room was a nice touch.

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 11 November 2018

Martin

United Kingdom

10

“Very relaxing”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Standard Double Room

• Stayed 1 night

• Submitted via mobile

Amazing location beautiful views of the river and surrounding forest .great friendly helpful staff .great food will be returning in the spring

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 8 November 2018

Caroline

United Kingdom

10

Exceptional

• Leisure trip

• Group of friends

• Economy Double Room

• Stayed 1 night

relaxed hotel, friendly staff, and great food

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 6 November 2018

John

United Kingdom

8.3

“Fantastic setting, lovely people including the staff at the hotel, very friendly and welcoming.”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• King Room with Garden View

• Stayed 1 night

It was very hot in the hotel, particularly the dining area whilst having breakfast.

The team were very helpful at the front desk, providing us with a key as we would be returning back late from a wedding event. Showing us to our room, which didn't seem to much trouble at all.

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 5 November 2018

Stephen

United Kingdom

9.6

“Excellent”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Standard Double Room

• Stayed 3 nights

• Submitted via mobile

Ideal location with great staff and comfortable rooms

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 5 November 2018

Anonymous

United Kingdom

9.6

“One night stay in room 13 03.11.18”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• King Room

• Stayed 1 night

• Submitted via mobile

Shower was over the bath not wall mounted.The bath was under a sloping roof so you had to be careful not to crack your head and couldn't have a stand up shower.
No plug sockets by the bed to charge phone and use as an alarm which was inconvenient.
No phone in the room to phone the reception.
Bar closed at 11.00pm and not informed by bar staff which was embarassing when sat by bar.
Had to keep waiting quite a while for someone to come to the reception desk and also had to find someone to seat us for breakfast as no-one around.

The room was extremely clean.
The bed was very comfortable.
The breakfast was lovely, served quickly and hot.
The staff were very friendly and polite.
Lovely view of the river Wye.

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 5 November 2018

Janet

United Kingdom

9.6

“Very enjoyable”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Standard Double Room

• Stayed 1 night

• Submitted via mobile

I don't think we should have been charged for parking the car.

Everything was lovely.

Stayed in November 2018

Reviewed: 5 November 2018

Paul

United Kingdom

9.2

“Have stayed here a couple of times and look forward to our next visit.”

• Leisure trip

• Couple

• Economy Double Room

• Stayed 2 nights

Car park was an extra payment - not a problem in itself but I hadn't realised on check in where they supply a ticket.

Very good value for money and a fantastic location. A great view from our window -- and the bonus of a firework display over the river.

Stayed in November 2018

The best of Symonds Yat
Click here to see more properties near popular landmarks in Symonds Yat